| Tað eru nú liðin 120 ár síðani sjálvstýrisrørslan í Føroyum tók seg upp
| It has now been 120 years since the self-government movement in the Faroes took off
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| Og líka frá byrjan hava vit verið noyddir til at berjast á tveimum hermótum
| And also from the beginning we have been forced to fight on two fronts
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| Ein tann fyrsta orrustan var, at fáa føroyingum føroyskt mál inn í skúlarnar og
| One of the first battles was to get the Faroese language into the schools and
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| kirkjurnar í Føroyum
| the churches in the Faroes
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| Soleiðis at tey føroysku børnini kundu spyrja, læra og tosa á móðurmálinum
| So that Faroese children can ask, learn and speak in their mother tongue
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| Í staðin fyri at skula og sita og jabba kongarekkjur og tabellir á einum máli,
| Instead of washing and sitting and talking about king racks and tables in one language,
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| tey onki skiltu av
| they didn't sign off
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| Tað var so seint sum í 1938, at tað varð komið á mál
| It was so late in 1938 that it came to a head
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| eftir drúgva togtogan við mynduleikarnar í Danmark og sambandsmenninar í Føroyum
| after the tug-of-war between the Danish and Swedish federations in the Faroe Islands
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| Og eg kenni ongan føroying, sum heldur vildi havt danskt í skúlanum
| And I teach ongan føroying, who also wanted to have Danish at school
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| Og um 50 ár verða eingir føroyingar sambandsmenn
| And in about 50 years, no Faroese will be confederates
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| Tað var heldur ikki í lagi við teimum donsku myndugleikunum, at vit fingu
| It was also not okay with the Danish authorities, that we got
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| okkara egna flagg.
| our own flag.
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| Ikki fyrr enn Danmark varð hersett av týskinum og vit av bretunum
| No sooner had Denmark been occupied by the Germans than by the British
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| Fingu føroysk skip forboð ímóti at sigla undir Dannebrog
| A Faroese ship was forbidden to sail under Dannebrog
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| Stríðið um Merkið
| The War for the Mark
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| Føroyska flaggið, sum leingi hevði møtt mótstøðu frá dønum og teirra gimpum í
| The Faroese flag, which for a long time had met resistance from the people and their gimps
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| Føroyum
| The fjords
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| Skuldi nú verða vundið á stong á øllum Føroyskum skipum | All Faroese ships should now be put to rest |
| Vóru sambandsmenninir fyri? | Were the confederates gone? |
| Guð vóru teir ei!
| God they were not!
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| Teir vildu heldur hava okkum at brúka okkurt fyribils flagg
| They also wanted us to use our flag
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| Soleiðis at aftan á kríggið kundi Dannebrog aftur veittra í húnar hátt í Føroyum
| So that at the back of the war, Dannebrog was able to return to the way it was in the Faroes
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| Kennir tú nakran føroying í dag, sum ikki er góður við Merkið?
| Do you teach someone today who is not good at the Mark?
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| Teir kunnu teljast á einari hond
| They could be counted on one hand
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| Og um 50 ár eru ongir føroyingar sambandsmenn
| And for about 50 years, young Faroese are federal members
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| Hvat eru tað fyri fólk, sum koma sær at læra síni børn, at tey ikki eru líka
| What kind of people are they, who come to teach their children that they are not the same
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| nógv verd sum onnur menniskju,
| enough for another human being,
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| Sum trútta niður í tey hjálparsloysi og undirlutakenslur
| Some fall into tey helplessness and subterfuge
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| og læra tey at ganga ímóti sínum náttúrligu menniskjansligu instinktum?
| and learn to go against their natural human instincts?
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| Vit eru ikki býttari enn onnur fólkasløg
| We are no better than other people
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| Vit eru ikki býttari enn onnur fólkasløg
| We are no better than other people
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| Vit eru ikki býttari enn onnur fólkasløg
| We are no better than other people
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| Og tað kann ikki vera so ómøguligt at fáa eitt so lítið land sum okkara upp at
| And it can't be that impossible to get a country as small as ours
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| koyra
| koyra
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| Og um 50 ár eru ongir føroyingar sambandsmenn
| And for about 50 years, young Faroese are federal members
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| Um 50 ár verða ongir sambandsmenn eftir
| In about 50 years, there will be few confederates left
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| Um 50 ár fer hesin spurningurin ikki longur at skilja okkum
| For 50 years, this question is not going to make us understand
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| Um 50 ár, tá vit langt síðani eru vorðin sjálvstøðug
| About 50 years ago, we became self-sufficient
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| Og fólk hava sæð, at tað var ikki so ringt, og vit vóru ikki so skíthamrandi | And people have a feeling that it wasn't that bad, and we weren't that shitty |
| býtt
| good
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| Og smakkurin av fullveldi ikki var so beiskur hóast alt
| And the taste of sovereignty was not so bitter after all
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| Tá fara vit øll allíkavæl at standa øksl móti øksl á Vaglinum á ólavsøku,
| Then we all go to stand shoulder to shoulder on the Vaglin on Olavsøku,
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| á tjóðarhátíðini
| during the festival
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| Og syngja «Tú alfagra land mítt"av heilum hjarta
| And sing "Tú alfagra my land" with all my heart
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| Og børnini, sum vaksa upp, fara ongantíð at undrast á hví tað man standa «Danmark"og «danskari"í passinum hjá mammu og pápa
| And the children who grow up will never wonder why they say "Denmark" and "Danish" in their mom and dad's passports.
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| Og tá børnini spyrja teir gomlu, fyrrverandi sambandsmenninar, hví teir bóru
| And then the children ask the old, former confederate, why they lived
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| seg so býttisliga at
| say so usefully that
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| Tá fara sambandsmenninir at skammast og kísta børnini út í túnið at spæla
| Then the confederates start to feel ashamed and throw the child out into the field to play
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| Um 50 ár verða ongir sambandsmenn
| In about 50 years there will be young confederates
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| Um 50 ár verða ongir sambandsmenn
| In about 50 years there will be young confederates
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| Um 50 ár verða ongir sambandsmenn
| In about 50 years there will be young confederates
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| Um 50 ár, so fer alt hetta her at vera líka mikið
| About 50 years, so all this is going to be a lot too
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| Tí um 50 ár fer hesin spurningurin ikki longur at skilja okkum | After about 50 years, these questions do not go far to understand us |